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12 Cards in this Set
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Treaty of Tordesillas |
All Africa and Asia were the land of Portugal, and the rest was of Spain. |
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Ponce De Leon |
The governor of Puerto Rico. He looks for the "Fountain of Youth" but what he was actually looking for was gold and slaves. |
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Hernando De Soto |
A Spanish explorer. His 1742 exploration was the first "geographical" description of America and the description of the Mississippi civilization. |
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Francisco Vasquez De Coronado |
Spanish soldier and explorer who led an expedition northward from Mexico in search of fabled cities of "gold"; his explorations gave Spain a claim to most of the American Southwest. |
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St. Augustine, Florida |
First colonial city in the present-day United States; located in Florida and founded for Spain in 1565. |
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Samuel De Champlain |
A geographer who began a for-trading expedition in 1603. French explorer who traced the St.Lawrence River inland to the Greak Lakes, founded the city of "Quebec," and formed the French alliance with the Huron indians. |
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New France |
The colony established by France in what is now Canada and the Great Lakes region or the United States. Established by Mons and Champlain. |
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Jacques Marquette and Louis Joliet |
In 1675, traved through Mississippi River from Canada to Arkansas and established "Chicago." |
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Robert Cavalier, Sier De La Salle |
French explorer who followed the Mississippi River from present-day Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico in 1683, giving France a claim to the entire river way and adjoining territory. He named the new territory, "Louisiana." |
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Henry Hudson |
Dutch ship captain and explorer who sailed up the Hudson River in 1609, giving the Netherlands a claim to the area now occupied by New York. |
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New Netherland |
The colony founded by the Dutch West India Company officials, but who governed civic affairs through their political influence. The colony attracted an extremely diverse population. |
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Santa Fe |
1609 Province of New Mexico. The "oldest" serving capital city in the U.S. |